Report Recommends White Potatoes For WIC Purchase

PotatoesThe National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report Tuesday that is the first in a series to evaluate USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

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The report recommended that USDA allow fresh white potatoes to be an eligible vegetable for purchase using the WIC Cash Value Voucher. This change reversed previous IOM recommendations based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and makes the fresh white potato recommendation in the WIC food packages consistent with the current 2010 DGA. The report noted that women and children in WIC are now consuming only 64% and 56%, respectively, of the amount of starchy vegetables recommended by the 2010 DGA.

Click here to read more from the National Academy of Science.

To read the National Potato Council’s statement, click here.

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